Assessment of the invasion process of the common raccoon Procyon lotor (Carnivora: Procyonidae) on a Mediterranean island a decade after its introduction

Spatio-temporal clustering of Baylisascaris procyonis, a zoonotic parasite, in raccoons across different landscapes in southern Ontario

“…An example of a very successful urban adapter species is the raccoon (Procyon lotor), a dexterous, generalist omnivore, which has successfully extended its geographic distribution to include heavily populated cities, and two additional continents Haverland and Veech, 2017;Lassnig et al, 2020). One of the most abundant carnivores (i.e., order Carnivora) in urban North America, raccoons make extensive use of human modified environments for food and denning resources, often living in very close proximity to humans, such as in urban backyards Hadidan et al, 2010;.…”

Body Length and Craniometrics of Non-Native Raccoons in Two Regions in Middle Japan during Early Invasion Stages

“…For native raccoon populations, although the cranial morphology is well-understood [24], only a few reports describe systematic body length details. Some studies have reported the body lengths of introduced raccoons in Germany [43], Spain [44], and Japan [56]; however, it is unclear how the body length differs with sex and age classes. This is the first study to report that the body length and craniometrics of introduced raccoon populations during their early invasion stage are related to sex and age classes (Tables 1 and 3).…”

“…Consequently, the number of raccoon samples were 143 from Kamakura (15 juveniles, 30 yearlings, and 15 adult females; 16 juveniles, 34 yearlings, and 33 adult males) and 63 from Maizuru (6 juveniles, 10 yearlings, and 10 adult females; 11 juveniles, 16 yearlings, and 10 adult males). Measurements were performed for 13 cranial components using digital calipers with 0.01 mm precision as per previous studies [24,25,43,44] (Figure 1). The dataset of all specimens analyzed in this study is shown in Table S1.…”

Horizon Scanning to Predict and Prioritize Invasive Alien Species With the Potential to Threaten Human Health and Economies on Cyprus

“…This species was also listed within the top 20 IAS to arrive, establish and impact biodiversity and ecosystem services (Peyton et al, 2019). Procyon lotor, originally from Central and North America, is found throughout Europe in the wild having escaped or been deliberately released from collections and is spreading in the Mediterranean (García et al, 2012;Mori et al, 2015;Lassnig et al, 2020). They were deliberately released for fur farming and hunting in Germany and the former USSR in the 1920s and 1930s (Aliev and Sanderson, 1966;Lutz, 1984).…”